View Rule

The 2015 regulations prohibited specific sport hunting and trapping activities currently allowed under Alaska State law. The practices are: Taking any black bear, including cubs and sows with cubs, with artificial light at den sites; harvesting brown bears over bait; taking wolves and coyotes (including pups) during the denning season (between May 1 and August 9); taking swimming caribou; taking caribou from motorboats under power; taking black bears over bait; and using dogs to hunt black bears. By removing the federal prohibitions on these practices, this rule would align federal sport hunting regulations in national preserves with State of Alaska regulations on surrounding non-federal lands. Proposed changes would be consistent with policies announced by the Secretary of the Interior in Secretarial Order 3347. Conservation Stewardship and Outdoor Recreation, and Secretarial Order 3356, Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Wildlife Conservation Opportunities and Coordination with State, Tribes, and Territories.